cowardice
noun[U]
uk/ˈkaʊ.ə.dɪs/us/ˈkaʊ.ɚ.dɪs/thebehaviourof someone who is not at allbraveandtriestoavoiddanger:
怯懦Cowardicepreventedme from doing what IknewI should do.懦弱使我无法做我知道自己应该做的事情。
You canaccuseme of cowardice, but I still wouldn'tfightin awar.你可以指责我懦弱，但我仍然不会去打仗。
See
coward
- Theychargedhim withshowingcowardice in thefaceof theenemy.
- Thepresidentcalled theattack"adisgracefulactof cowardice".
- This was notimeformoralcowardice.
Cowardly
- be afraid of your own shadowidiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- chicken
- chicken out
- cravenness
- fainthearted
- gutless
- lily-livered
- pusillanimity
- spinelessly
- spinelessness
- timid
- timidity
- timidly
- unadventurous
- weak-kneed
- wimp
- wimp out
- wimpy